John Deere S780 Combine Inspection (Part 1)

In this video I inspect a John Deere S780 combine. I take you through everything I check during an inspection. I split the video into three parts so stay tuned for part 2 & 3! If you want to learn more about the Sloan implement tech apprenticeship program, click on the link below!
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[@timnichols9015]

Currently own a Case IH Flagship combine. Can’t say I miss shoe supply augers! Love the content!

[@BRPFan]

Awesome video! This customer sure keeps his combine very clean, nice to see!

[@L1890G]

Currently going to school to be a Ag Equipment Tech. These videos are helping me a lot, and make me more excited to get into the industry. Thanks Zeth.

[@ZKMasterTech]

That’s awesome!

[@mauricebrosseau9181]

Sure am glad I found this. I’ve watch almost every video you guys made. Need more.

[@danielroberts6223]

Me and son love watching you we thank you from the Roberts family from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ZKMasterTech]

Thank you very much! Hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas!

[@evoermine]

Love watching your videos from across the pond in England. Cheers. 👍

[@nathansparrow1416]

the feeder house chain should have a drip feed oiler , i made one and that chain has lasted over 8 years so far .

[@Tuckerjay2]

I’m glad to see your making videos again. I watched all your videos already.

[@ZKMasterTech]

There’s a lot coming down the pipeline!

[@guygfm4243]

Good going over the combine thanks for sharing

[@bigcheese370]

This is exactly the moment I’ve been waiting for

[@ZKMasterTech]

🤘

[@michaeltrinkle4197]

Good idea to split to 3parts.maybe long winded but details a must what an how to.to important on the later equipment from You who are trained an been there.little problems get big fast as time is and as expensive as equipment is a make or break deal.farming is risky enough.and you know as well break downs best done when in shop or as time allows before in the field.bet ya missed supper and did without and understood customer needs taking to them.You earn your keep.hats off to you and all other techs.another Awsome. Video.will sit back an wait for another good1 when ya get time.Thanks You Sir

[@flawless2142]

Bro i love the videos!!! Keep up the excellent work my guy, gonna be going to John Deere school next year I’m excited!

[@ZKMasterTech]

Heck yeah man! You rock! 💪🏼🤘

[@marksd5650]

Thank you for a new one, I was going into withdrawals. Best Regards sir

[@ZKMasterTech]

There’s a lot more coming down the pipeline!

[@6Diego1Diego9]

hey Zippy you're doin a great job 👍

[@handlebarhops9514]

Keep the amazing videos coming!

[@ZKMasterTech]

You betcha!

[@Tourist_McGee]

I really like your videos like this when you take time to explain everything as opposed the the Benny Hill timelapse content in your other videos. Thank you very much for taking the time to make these videos for us. :)

[@ZKMasterTech]

Glad you like them!

[@danielrountree258]

Wonderful video!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Nice meeting you today. Keep up the great work!

[@ZKMasterTech]

Yes nice to meet you too! Thanks!

[@shovelguggelheim8454]

Love your content. Would love to see a video on what the number destinations mean to make it easier for us to identify what someone is talking about (S780, 7740, etc).

[@henrymchenry1981]

Felicidades por tus videos, son muy interesantes. Te sigo desde Sonora, Mexico

[@ZKMasterTech]

¡Mil gracias! ¡Bienvenido al canal!

[@jtn-minn8105]

Waiting for the next two vids, to see what we do or don't do different on our machines,self inspecting every winter.

[@gustavoarielalassia]

🏋️GENIUS🏋️ Greetings happy week 👏👏 I LOVE JHON DEERE 🥰

[@juanpedrogarcialopez2599]

Buen trabajo 👍 amigo 👍,❤️🚜👏👏👏👏

[@ZKMasterTech]

¡Gracias!

[@genechronister7085]

Great vid

[@Nick14w]

Love the video! Would also love to see you make a inspection video on a 9600 or 9610 if you ever do one! Also even though they are roughly similar to this s780, a 9770 inspection video!

[@ZKMasterTech]

Well the s670 inspection video would be very similar to the 9770.

[@johnwebb223]

Great video love them over here in the UK 🇬🇧, would like to see you work on the new X9 machine 👍

[@ZKMasterTech]

We've got 7 coming this summer.

[@mafiha1831]

Hello from Germany. Nice Video. I wach all your Videos

[@ZKMasterTech]

Thanks for watching!

[@dln11]

Hi Zeth. Really enjoying your content. Really learning a lot by watching these. Keep up the good work!!!

[@ZKMasterTech]

Thanks Derrick! I appreciate it a lot!

[@jimclary7309]

It's awesome the knowledge and schooling background you have. I've watched other videos of yours It's unreal. Keep them coming. I'll definitely look you up at the next one. Stay safe!!

[@ZKMasterTech]

Thanks for watching!

[@35RSkyline]

Dude I'm ready for a career change and your videos have pushed that hard. I'd love to be a tech for green iron. I'm gonna have to start doing some research

[@ZKMasterTech]

Come on over!

[@bpkolos1974]

I'd never done this type of work before but I like it a lot as well and it would've been great to try )))

[@tannerbonnema9332]

Do you know if there is a difference in chains on these from the S680's and S690's?

[@LILMADERR23]

36:00 Now that was a pleasant surprise! Big guy was just checkin up on the service!😂

[@ZKMasterTech]

Yeah that’s rip!

[@tomn7087]

Great job - enjoyed. Seem like the machine was exceptionally clean. Did the customer deliver it in this condition or did you guys clean it up. Looking fwd to videos 2 & 3

[@ZKMasterTech]

Customer cleaned it up real nice

[@spencercalhoon7506]

Do you have any 9600 or 9610’s go there the shop because I would like to see one where you go though it like this one

[@lucasg2664]

Fellow John Deere Technician from Kansas here, I enjoy watching your videos. Are y’all backed up on combine inspections? I know we are swamped down here.

[@ZKMasterTech]

We are backed up on combines all year.

[@daveswensen9627]

Thanks again for great info. You may have covered it elsewhere but that magnetic light looks like a nice size and handy. Could you share what brand it is? I have a couple but they're kind of large compared to that. Thanks

[@ZKMasterTech]

It’s a Milwaukee rover led light.

[@daveswensen9627]

@@ZKMasterTech Thank you!

[@planetwisconsin9901]

I sat in a John Deere combine about this size in 1980. 🤠

[@dsmreloader7552]

Do you typically take care of issues as you go or make a list and you or someone else come back later with parts in hand etc?

[@ZKMasterTech]

I make an estimate after I'm done inspecting so the customer will know what each task costs parts and labor.

[@peterdecker59]

Hey Zack, thank you for being a master tech for John Deere. That green equipment needs all the help it can get.

[@AmericaVoice]

Great video! I am not in farming at all, but in the emergency services field! How much does a new combine typically cost, run and maintain! I know they are not all the same but just curious an average! Thanks for your time! 😁

[@ZKMasterTech]

A new combine can be $300,000-$800,000. Just depends which model you’re looking at. Maintenance just depends on hours used and how hard it was ran. Too big of variance between models/use.

[@AmericaVoice]

@@ZKMasterTech Thank you for the info. :-)

[@danielmiller4492]

I wonder how these machines will still be running in 30 years compared to how the machines from 30 years ago are still holding up. Your knowledge is awesome as it has to be to work on these machines.

[@marjankovacevic5210]

i am just impresed with how far this farming machinery comed so far

[@389Sky]

What video would be better to use to help with inspecting a 2014 680. Would these 780 ones or your 670 videos?

[@ZKMasterTech]

The 780

[@kylepark3518]

Been waiting since the front axle overhaul.

[@ZKMasterTech]

There's a lot more coming down the pipeline. But they are big projects and they take awhile to do so I'm going to release videos in parts.

[@kylepark3518]

@@ZKMasterTech hell ya man. I keep jinxing for a new jd video lmao. Keep em coming man.

[@kylepark3518]

@@ZKMasterTech oh btw hell ya on the wyotech same school I went too.

[@flatoutt1]

as an aussie ex wheat stripping/harvesting contractor (in a past life ;done more than a few hours on JD7720's back in the day ) i'm impressed with this man with how he goes about his business . one thing i can say for sure ,you would have been on my christmas list just below god . and would have been on my new best friend list . love how he combines his considerable knowledge and expertise with his quiet calm organised ,methodical, confident & competent demeanour .very impressive . thankyou for sharing your skills with us . big service to us that love good engineering and great machines . he's got the technical knowledge BUT also the "feel" that makes a gifted mechanic .if you were buying a used machine this is the man who you'd pay what he asked [without bitching] to check it out as to what was coming down the road repair wise .

[@ZKMasterTech]

Thank you!

[@buckeyefarmboy107]

I enjoy the content! Was wandering for future content if an off colored piece of equipment got serviced in your shop, if you could video that, would be interesting 🤔 jack of all? Master of one?

[@ZKMasterTech]

It's not very often we do more than just a service and fix minor things to a red tractor or combine.

[@buckeyefarmboy107]

@@ZKMasterTech thanks for the reply 👍 will be watching 👀

[@cody5495]

Hey just curious.. what do you do when you come across a John Deere with a hacked ECU? Do you void their warranty?

[@ZKMasterTech]

No I don’t care what the customer does to their ECU as long as it doesn’t cause an issue with the engine. I run into steinbauer chips all the time. If the chip causes the issue, I just unplug it. If the problem goes away then I tell them they need to get with steinbauer.

[@2xKTfc]

@@ZKMasterTech That is solid service right there. Far too many manufacturers and shops (in all industries, not just ag equipment) are basically hoping to see the smallest change to quit working on it at all.

[@bjbeardse]

There was a time I wanted to farm, drive those... OOOHHH LOOOK A PUPPY! 36:04

[@nasrullahfaqeer9255]

Nice 👍 Can u teach me heavy duty work how to chak and how to work machine

[@tijmenkoele8042]

18.20 missing a bolt?

[@aaronf.4940]

Can you get Deere to put a shorter feeder house safety stand in? Our machine a s790 with fore and aft gets full of trash at the bottom rear of the feeder house face plate not allowing the safety stand to be put into place. It's a Huge safety hazard for us as you have to get under the feeder house without the safety stand in place to clean it out.

[@ZKMasterTech]

Yeah I’m not a fan of that either. I can’t do anything about it. They know about the problem.

[@timhurst1813]

I feel like John deere needs to put a master dial on their touch screens so you could touch which thing you wanted to adjust then just turn a dial up or down instead of tapping the screen a million times.

[@robertpowell7672]

There's a happy little girl on the screen at the end.

[@ZKMasterTech]

That's my little girl! She is 5 now.

[@robertpowell7672]

@@ZKMasterTech She's lovely. I thought it was your daughter but wanted to respect your privacy.

[@theapprenticefiles9693]

First comment legendary

[@wojteklewandowski9339]

What to pay attention to when the rotor runs 500 hours

[@bayareaartist999]

Why hasn't Deer moved to a direct drive, electric motor, diesel powered drive train? engine to alternator to direct drive motors on the hubs. This would then extend engine life and decrease components by a large percentage.

[@rickfreeman7892]

Cost, fire and static. Prototypes have been seen but like that but my bet is you wont see it til the dealer best price is in that 1 to 1.2 million usd price tag

[@Whatwherewhy586]

Its really no wonder why these things cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. So complex.

[@jayfarmer3911]

My red ones would be in need of a rebuild at those hours. Feeder house gearbox and shaft, transition cone, etc. Good combines, but way lighter built than a Deere Ona side note, whoever cleaned that has a job at my place

[@herbstjohann6057]

Sorry Meister, jetzt verstehe ich warum du so viel erzählst, diese Maschine,,,,,,, oder alle diese Fahrzeuge sind mit sehr modernen Technik ausgestattet, da ist der Fehler nicht leicht zu finden, daher entschuldige ich mich bei dir, wegen der Ansagen von mir, du machst nur deine Arbeit bei den Maschinen,,,, sorry nochmals?? Und dieses ist eh schon schwer genug,,,,,,, Machst du wirklich hervorragend, die Fehler alle zu finden,,,,!!! LG.Herbst Johann aus Österreich

[@Kaynos]

Seems to me these things are made to fail. So many electronics, sensors, computers now, always something that will go bad.

[@bpkolos1974]

21:10 and on seems to me that bearings in the rotor are way too squeaky and need greasing

[@ZKMasterTech]

They literally make no noise. You must be hearing something else.

[@robertengster5643]

Would it been Not a smart idea..First.. To check codes.. Then clear... Then put it through it's paces..

[@ZKMasterTech]

I did.

[@hendrik1636c]

Can a farmer actually hire you for inspections

[@ZKMasterTech]

If your in my area, yes.

[@hendrik1636c]

@@ZKMasterTech where is your area? We are in MS Delta

[@ZKMasterTech]

Central Illinois

[@bayareaartist999]

Also you are running through a diagnostic of the machine. Doesn't the machine have the ability to run a diagnostic and collect data on the machine? A person who owns one of these machines should be able to take it outside and start it up and hit a master diagnostic button and the machine works through a set program that also has the capacity to clear codes and retests without a technician being in the machine. With all the data stored or being sent to Deers center with a tech connected through the internet.

[@ZKMasterTech]

The machine communicates with jd Link and the customer can go into his jd link app and look through codes and data. The owner has the ability to look and clear most codes. The only codes they can’t clear are ECU “latched” dtc’s which have to do with emissions. The machine does start up checks when you start it up. But the controllers are constantly checking for faults. That’s why when you unplug a sensor a code instantly pops up.

[@Tourist_McGee]

500k$ for a tractor with a panel that doesn't seem to have press and hold on the screen buttons. Tap tap tap. :P

[@l.r.norris6519]

Do you ever dream about this at night?

[@kenyonworthenii7389]

Inspection: it’s not Cat yellow, throw it in the trash